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Another Rogue Wave Encounter

GREAT PODCAST AND ARTICLE ON the rogue waves!

I was inside the Port O’Connor in the Port Lavaca Channel, running at night, and had a six-foot swell inside the channel. I was puzzled why the channel marker was ge ing shorter. at was obviously not it.

I chopped the thro le just in time, or I would have been airborne, or would have impacted into the wave. Without the channel marker, I would not have had enough warning. It still was pre y rough, and I took water over the bow of my 22-foot boat. I’ve not had the experience you discussed on the program.

But I thought this night, and inside-thechannel experience is worth highlighting. It’s pre y shallow at the markers because the channel is very narrow. I can’t blame the ship, as it was going slow—just a bad channel.

I did not see how bad it was on the ats, directly next to the channel, but that would have been devastating for someone beforedawn shing. anks for the good work.

Ed Reese

Editor: I’m trying to raise awareness about this issue, and stories such as yours help to make people think more as they navigate our channel systems as well as sh along the bank. We’re hearing stories of land-bound anglers impacted by these waves as well. anks for reading shgame.com and listening to the Dark Outdoors podcast.

Reader Elk Stories

AFTER READING YOUR STORY IN the newsle er, I had to respond by sharing a quick note from a drive past Sam Rayburn reservoir up 96. It was late at night, and just as I came over a hill, a quite large bull elk was standing on the side of the road.

I slowed down and it eventually crossed. I was blown away, but I had heard there were a few elk escaped from a ranch somewhere in that area. I had no idea one would walk across the road in front of me.

Chester’s feature story on inshore rogue waves ran in the July/Aug 2022 issue.

J. Farlow

I DO NOT HAVE ANY PHOTOS OR videos, but this story happened near where I live in La Marque, Texas. As far as I know, nobody ever gured out where this elk came from. ere is a Bayou Wildlife Preserve near this, but all of their elk were accounted for. Very strange.

David Breish

Editor: David sent in a link to a story about the elk om KHOU-11 about a car-animal collision in 2009 that did indeed involve an elk.

Interestingly the woman who hit it thought, at rst, she hit a moose. I had a listener of my radio program call in with a “moose” sighting in Sabine Pass. It too was an elk.

Here is a quote om the story.

“In a panic, Martinez called the Texas City Police Department and reported that she had struck a moose on the feeder road. e police o cer laughed at her, she said. ‘ ere are no moose in Texas, he said.’”

Although there are no moose in Texas, even on exotic ranches or in zoos, o cials need to learn there are lots of exotics in Texas that people are encountering more o en.

Got-Cha

BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN I LIVED IN Florida, I used to sh these jigs called “GotCha.” ey were sort of heavy jigs you could cast a long way, but they worked great on blue sh and red sh too, if you could nd reds.

Do you know where I can nd any in Texas?

Tom White

Editor: Got-Cha jigs are still available, and you can get them at Calcu aoutdoors.com.

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